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$28 But the light that was spilled from the Trees endured
long, ere it was taken up into the airs or sank into the earth for
their enrichment. Therefore of its abundance Varda was wont
to gather great store, and it was hoarded in mighty vats nigh to
the Green Mound. Thence the Maiar would draw it and bring it
to frith and field, even those far removed from Valmar, so that
all regions of Valinor were nourished and waxed ever fairer.



$29 Thus began the Days of the Bliss of Valinor, and thus
began also the count of Time. For the Trees waxed to full bloom
and light, and waned again, unceasingly, without change of
speed or fullness. Telperion came first to flower, and a little ere
he ceased to shine Laurelin began to bud; and again ere Laurelin
had grown dim Telperion awoke once more. Therefore the
Valar took the time of the flowering, first of Telperion and then
of Laurelin, to be for them a Day in Valinor; and the time when
each Tree was flowering alone they divided into five hours, each
equal to the time of the mingling of their lights, twice in each
Day. There were thus twelve such hours in every Day of the
Valar; and one thousand of those Days was held to be a Year,
for then the Trees would put forth a new branch and their
stature would increase.

The opening section of the Annals of Aman ends here; it is followed
by a heading Here begins a new Reckoning in the Light of the Trees,
with dates beginning at Y.T.1, the First Year of the Trees.

NOTES.

1. The definition of Ea as 'the World that Is' is found also at the
appearance of the name in an addition to the text of Ainulindale'
D, p. 31, $20. I give it throughout in the form that it has in
the texts, Ea, Ea, Ea'.
2. The original form of the name was Lorien, but this was changed
to Lorien on the QS manuscript.
3. AV 2 had here (V.110) 'Yavanna, whom Aule espoused after in
the world, in Valinor'; in the later rewriting of the AV 2 manu-
script that led directly to AAm (p. 47) this became 'Yavanna,
whom Aule espoused in Arda', where AAm has 'in Ea'.
4. AV 2 had here (V.110) 'these are the Vanimor, the Beautiful',
changed in the later rewriting (see note 3) to 'these are the
Mairi...', and then to 'these are the Maiar...' This was probably
where the word Maiar first arose.
5. In the earlier (only) of the two manuscripts of the opening of The
Tale of Years the heading Of the Beginning of Time and its
Reckoning was subsequently extended by the addition of From
the work of Quennar Onotimo; see note 6.